Alex and Jane try to convince Dave that he’s wrong about an event that may have occurred. Meanwhile, Penny and Max go all out to beat an irritatingly perfect couple in an annual run and scavenger hunt.

After a discussion with Jane, Penny decides to stop adapting her lifestyle to the guys she dates and instead elects to change them to focus more on her needs. Her first project is a thirtysomething immature slacker who still acts like a teen. Meanwhile, Brad overhears Penny bragging how she made him over when they [...]

Dave has an odd reaction when his shrink (guest star Ken Marino) starts dating Penny. Meanwhile, Jane and Max fight over ownership of a sweater and end up in another one of their strange competitions; whoever is “less vain” gets to keep the sweater, and the challenge is to see who can wear a horribly [...]

Max, desperate for cash, agrees to dress up as Santa for Penny’s charity event; Jane accidently gives housekeeper Gita (guest star Jamie Denbo) the envelope stuffed with money for their big Xmas getaway to Turks & Caicos, instead of the $200 Christmas tip she had planned — and she schemes to get the cash back [...]

Jane needs a dress to wear to her charity event, but she’s a little leery when Alex offers to design one for her; Penny helps a panicked Max babysit his niece and nephew; and Dave and Brad’s new friendship with their oddball mailman, Drew (Rob Riggle), isn’t quite what they had hoped for

Angie (guest star Riki Lindhome), Max’s high school girlfriend whom he dated before he figured out he was gay, moves back to town, and her arrival affects everyone: Penny is jealous of her (and then goes overboard befriending her); Alex develops her odd crush on Max; but the strangest reaction of all is from Max, [...]

Brad sneaks off on a secret staycation at a plush hotel in the city in order to dodge a visit from Jane’s sorority sister. Meanwhile, Alex’s new boyfriend takes dating to a new level; and Max and Dave shoot a commercial for a lunch truck. Brent Musburger and Fred Savage (who directed the episode) have [...]

Jane and Brad spend a spooky evening house-sitting for suburban friends, while the rest of the gang celebrate Halloween at a warehouse party.

Jane convinces the gang to make vision boards so they can visualize their way to their dreams, only the universe isn’t exactly listening; Brad has a difficult time relating to humorless boss Mr. Forristal (guest star Larry Wilmore) until the guy, a car buff, flips for Max’s limo; and Dave is reluctant to introduce his [...]

Alex’s cute line of slogan t-shirts for babies (“Put Me to Bed”) become inappropriately popular with teen girls, who make her store their newest hangout. They’re also in awe of Alex and Penny. Meanwhile, Jane channels her inner mom as she goes in search of her “egg daughter,” the now 11-year-old girl she thinks is [...]